Anxiety and stress seem to be a part of everyone’s life nowadays, but that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t do anything and everything that you possibly can to keep those levels down. After all, being stressed out and anxious isn’t good for your health and it can make you cranky and intolerable to those aroundContinue Reading …
Talking to my Mom about Anxiety
January 25, 2018 by 2 Comments
In my attempt to be more open about my life, I want to share a story from a few conversations I have had recently. If you do not experience anxiety or know someone who experiences it, you may roll your eyes when someone talks about their life and their attacks. It is funny as weContinue Reading …
40 things I hate about 40
July 18, 2017 by 5 Comments
Last July when I turned 40 I had major anxiety. I had never really had that kind of reaction to an age before. It was like I was suddenly more aware of my future and the past all at once. I stared feeling a few aches and the year was rough for losses. For aContinue Reading …
Tactile Pleasures: Why Play Benefits Adults Just as Much as Kids
February 16, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Have you ever noticed the way that all kids find time to play and most adults do not? It’s a strange dichotomy of life when one age groups feels so free to enjoy playtime and another does not. Play, especially the sort that provides tactile pleasure, is as good for grownups as it is forContinue Reading …
Relax with Hallmark & Have Some Me Time #LoveHallmarkCA
January 31, 2017 by 6 Comments
For the first few years of being a mom, I really had no idea that ‘me time’ was even a thing. I just assumed my life with be filled with diapers and feedings and soccer games and cooking 24/7. Pretty much forever. There is no doubt I was not taking care of myself. It wasn’t untilContinue Reading …
5 Tips and Tricks that Every Parent with an Anxious Child Should Try
February 29, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Dealing with anxiety as an adult is terrible enough but seeing your child experiencing anxiety and being overwhelmed with worry at any age when nonchalance should be their primary trait is heartbreaking. I have had my own set of anxiety issues, starting when I was in my early teens, and it was only after manyContinue Reading …
